Location-based Authentication for Intelligent Routing
Navigation and Mobility Services 

Traffic Congestion and Emissions

Growing urbanisation, lost hours in traffic, increased pollution and environmental impacts continue to increase unbounded. Meanwhile, cities face restraints on their infrastructure, not least as a result of budgetary constraints.

The issue is non-trivial. According to INRIX’s Global Traffic Scorecard for 2018, the average UK driver spends more than 178 hours in traffic per annum, more in urban areas such as London & Manchester where the average is 227 & 156 hours respectively, squandering over £1,680 & £1,157 per person in lost productivity and fuel costs (the overall impact in the UK was estimated at over £7.9 billion in 2018). INRIX’s data also shows that global cities such as Moscow (210 hours), Berlin (154 hours) and NY (133 hours) fare better for congestion, but the lost productivity is on par with the worst.

Climate change has become a hot topic of late. Poor air quality due to pollution from vehicle exhaust emissions, particularly in urban areas are estimated at several billions of pounds.

Vehicle emission scandals aside, increased awareness of the harm to health caused by pollution from vehicle exhaust emissions is leading to sweeping changes in environmental regulations. For example, the introduction of the ULEZ in London is only one example of the additional costs being imposed on the transportation industry by such regulation. These are expected to grow globally.